Osteonecrosis of the human skeleton
By: guest editors, Panayotis N. Soucacos, James R. Urbaniak.
Contributors: Soucacos, Panayotis N.; Urbaniak, James R.
Series: Orthopedic clinics of North America -- v. 35, no. 3
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
Subjects: Bones -- Necrosis.; Joints -- Physiopathology.
Notes: "July 2004."

Series title on spine: Orthopedic clinics.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Etiology and pathogenesis. Immunologic factors in the pathogenesis of osteonecrosis / Maria G. Tektonidou and Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos. Coagulation abnormalities in patients with hip osteonecrosis / Anastasios V. Korompilias, Thomas L. Ortel, and James R. Urbaniak; value: Classification. Classification systems for osteonecrosis: an overview / Marvin E. Steinberg and David R. Steinberg; value: Anatomy, histomorphology, imaging. Vascular anatomy and microcirculation of skeletal zones vulnerable to osteonecrosis: vascularization of the femoral head / Elizabeth O. Johnson, Konstandinos Soultanis, and Panayotis N. Soucacos. Imaging of early stages of osteonecrosis of the knee / Dietrich Pape ... [et al.] Analysis of failures after vascularized fibular grafting in femoral head necrosis / Konstantinos N. Malizos ... [et al.] Pathologic conditions mimicking osteonecrosis / Shari M. Jackson and Nancy M. Major; value: Diagnosis and issues related to effective management of osteonecrosis. Painful bone marrow edema of the knee: differential diagnosis and therapeutic concepts / Siegfried Hofmann... [et al.].; value: Non-union of femoral neck fractures with osteonecrosis of the femoral head: treatment with combined free vascularized fibular grafting and subtrochanteric valgus osteotomy / Alexandros E. Beris ... [et al.] Can rotation osteotomy remain effective for more than ten years? / Frantz Langlais ... [et al.] Results of free vascularized fibular grafting for femoral head osteonecrosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus / Matthew J. Garberina ... [et al.] Effectiveness of total hip arthroplasty in the management of hip osteonecrosis / George C. Babis and Panayotis N. Soucacos; value: Knee. Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee: tibial plateaus / Paul A. Lotke, Charles L. Nelson, and Jess H. Lonner. Diagnosis and management of the osteonecrotic triad of the knee / Panayotis N. Soucacos ... [et al.]; value: Ankle. Avascular necrosis of the talus / Robert S. Adelaar and James R. Madrian; value: Shoulder. Pathogenesis and teatment of osteonecrosis of the shoulder / Ioannis Sarris, Robert Weiser, and Dean G. Sotereanos; value: Wrist. Vascularity and osteonecrosis of the wrist / Michael J. Botte, Lorenzo L. Pacelli, and Richard H. Gelberman.